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DateWed, 9 Mar 2011 14:01:25 +0000
FromStefano Stabellini <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH R4 0/7] xen/balloon: Memory hotplug support for Xen balloon driver
On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am sending next version of memory hotplug
> support for Xen balloon driver patch. It applies
> to Linus' git tree, v2.6.38-rc8 tag. Most of
> suggestions were taken into account. Thanks for
> everybody who tested and/or sent suggestions
> to my work.
>
> There are a few prerequisite patches which fixes
> some problems found during work on memory hotplug
> patch or add some futures which are needed by
> memory hotplug patch.
>
> Full list of fixes/futures:
> - xen/balloon: Removal of driver_pages,
> - xen/balloon: HVM mode support,
> - xen/balloon: Migration from mod_timer() to schedule_delayed_work(),
> - xen/balloon: Protect against CPU exhaust by event/x process,
> - xen/balloon: Minor notation fixes,
> - mm: Extend memory hotplug API to allow memory hotplug in virtual guests,
> - xen/balloon: Memory hotplug support for Xen balloon driver.
>
> Additionally, I suggest to apply patch prepared by Steffano Stabellini
> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/31/232) which fixes memory management
> issue in Xen guest. I was not able boot guest machine without
> above mentioned patch.

after some discussions we came up with a different approach to fix the
issue; I sent a couple of patches a little while ago:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/28/410


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